<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/99]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/99</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27738]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War, children, is just a shot away, it's just a shot away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27470]]></link><description><![CDATA[War, children, is just a shot away, it's just a shot away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5668]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, ;or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever happens, take responsibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever happens, take responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that I love loses half its pleasure if you are not there to share it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10938]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that I love loses half its pleasure if you are not there to share it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise undeserved s satire in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise undeserved s satire in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't graduate from any of them (Colleges) and look at me now mom! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't graduate from any of them (Colleges) and look at me now mom!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote them down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17734]]></link><description><![CDATA[I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote them down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21761]]></link><description><![CDATA[If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61960]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plough deep while sluggards sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plough deep while sluggards sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61363]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One woman will rent out her RV for a family until they can find something more permanent here, ... Another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36876]]></link><description><![CDATA[One woman will rent out her RV for a family until they can find something more permanent here, ... Another couple said they will lend their duplex rent free for as long as it takes until they can get their feet on the ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2866]]></link><description><![CDATA[You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44303]]></link><description><![CDATA[The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. The weak man grows agitated. But the superior man stands up to fate, endures resolutely in his inner certainty If ignorant both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Christians], at their best, know that often they don't know. They do not have all the answers. They do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7694]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Christians], at their best, know that often they don't know. They do not have all the answers. They do not have God in their pocket. We cannot answer every question that any bright boy in the back row might ask. We have only light enough to walk by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fund-raising environment is consistently more competitive. The situation of any new museum today is a challenge, regardless of what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34145]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fund-raising environment is consistently more competitive. The situation of any new museum today is a challenge, regardless of what kind of museum it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, stay, sweet warbling woodlark, stay, Nor quit for me the trembling spray,  A hapless lover courts thy lay, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, stay, sweet warbling woodlark, stay, Nor quit for me the trembling spray,  A hapless lover courts thy lay,   Thy soothing, fond complaining.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of our fugitive dust problems arise when it gets very windy. What we have seen is when we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31566]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of our fugitive dust problems arise when it gets very windy. What we have seen is when we see those dust storms, it's usually due to man-made activities, like construction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All you are is a soul and a voice, everything else is just a tool to help you get through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25025]]></link><description><![CDATA[All you are is a soul and a voice, everything else is just a tool to help you get through the day easier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was the right time for this merger. This combination is good for our employees, our customers and our stockholders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34077]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was the right time for this merger. This combination is good for our employees, our customers and our stockholders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anywhere I go, no matter where he's at, I never had a chance to beat him before. This is my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anywhere I go, no matter where he's at, I never had a chance to beat him before. This is my first time beating him, and it feels great my senior year to beat Spurrier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For April sobs while these are so glad April weeps while these are so gay,--  Weeps like a tired ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2985]]></link><description><![CDATA[For April sobs while these are so glad April weeps while these are so gay,--  Weeps like a tired child who had,   Playing with flowers, lost its way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest fish he ever caught were those that got away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16109]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest fish he ever caught were those that got away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The energy of the mind is the essence of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The energy of the mind is the essence of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing you can do when you've made a mistake is exactly what she's done: Admit it, admit it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing you can do when you've made a mistake is exactly what she's done: Admit it, admit it soon and put yourself at the mercy of the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail  In monumental mockery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51276]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail  In monumental mockery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valor consists in the power of self recovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Valor consists in the power of self recovery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great hate follows great love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great hate follows great love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22776]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every believer is God's miracle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every believer is God's miracle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In secret we met - In silence I grieve, That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25944]]></link><description><![CDATA[In secret we met - In silence I grieve, That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should meet thee After long years, How should I greet thee? - With silence and tears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["O fateful flower beside the rill-- The Daffodil, the daffodil!" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10972]]></link><description><![CDATA["O fateful flower beside the rill-- The Daffodil, the daffodil!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10972</guid></item></channel></rss>